One good turn deserves another - fate doesn't agree!Jacob Bell, the Tudor Queen's Glassmaker, helps Admiral John Hawkins in a battle against Catholic Plotters led by CVount Ridolfi. Drawing on all their resources of boldness, courage and cunning, they carry throuygh an audacioud plan to free Hawkins's men from the clutches of the dreasded Spanish Inquisition.Jacob and his powerfulk new ship, The Crystal designed by Admiral Hawkins, are sent on a se...

About the book.Fate brings about a huge change in the life of Obadiah Shaw when the sturdy fourteen-year old son of a struggling smallholder, saves the life of Mary Ellison, the niece of a small industrialist. Refusing the offer of a reward, he accepts a job at Ellison's Hosiery workshop.As his love for Mary grows, so does his career. He dares to dream about an entirely new sort of mill community providing much needed housing, employment for all the family ...

Two Queen's, one realm - one Queen must die!In Jacoib Bell's most perilous role, he is recruited by the Tudor Queen's spycatcher, Walsingham, to infiltrate the Duke of Guise's plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I and put t56he Scot's Queen, Mary Stuart on the throne.Ann old enemy Jed Sutton, (The Crystal Ship) becomes involved and when Mary Stuart is arrested, he kidnaps Jacob's wife and son. He forces Jacob to help him to rescue the Scots Queen, ...

Boredom leads to desperate times!Jacob Bell and his partner Roberto Rosso were bored. Becuase of this, Lord Burghley, Chief Minister to Queen Elizabeth I persuaded them to become Queen's Commissioners and investigate a murder at a foundry making decorative ironwork. This apparently simple case turns into an intriguing and dangerous mystery as they both narrowly escape attempts to them.The plot they uncover threatens the life not only of the Tudor Queen Eliz...

‘Rugby may borrow the language of warfare, but in war injury time may last a whole lifetime and not all of the team go home after a shower and a beer.’ ~ Stephen Cooper: The Final Whistle, 2012.In this fascinating WWI centenary e-publication, rugby historian Clive Akers explores the impact that hostilities had on New Zealand’s pre-war signature sport and its sportspeople. Stories of how the lives...

This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal diversity on Indigenous land. Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas documents a remarkable collaboration between Arnhem Land’s traditional landowners and the scientific com...

When Giam Bellini designed a revolutionary type of glass, he never expected his reward to be three years as a galley slave!**Martyn Bedford, Award winning author of Never Ending, Houdini Girl and creative writing tutor had this to say about the book:- “a fascinating, original historical context...the insight into the world of glassmaking is interesting...the backdrop of the story's se...